Tushuk Tash (Shipton's Arch)
China /
Xinjiang /
Kashi /
World
/ China
/ Xinjiang
/ Kashi
World / People's Republic of China / Xinjiang Uygur / Kizilsu Kirghiz
interesting place, natural monument
Tushuk Tash (Pierced Rock in Uyghur), in the West known as Shipton's Arch and in Chinese as Tiandong (天洞) meaning "Hole in Heaven", is a conglomerate natural arch, located to the West-northwest of Kashgar, in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
For the trail see:
www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=270765
For the trail see:
www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=270765
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°39'34"N 75°31'25"E
- Kashgar Square 45 km
- Chinese characters carved into ground 100 km
- Gez river 106 km
- Map of China drawn on the hill 137 km
- Karakoram Highway KKH 220 km
- Kundahill/Kundahel 337 km
- Wakhan Corridor (Ancient silk route) 409 km
- Torugart 13 km
- Artux B Solar Field 28 km
- Artux C Solar Field 34 km
- Shufu B Solar Field 36 km
- China Radio International Kashi-Saibagh 38 km
- Akto C Solar Field 65 km
- Akto D Solar Field 65 km
- Akto A Solar Field 67 km
- Chakragil (6,760 m/22,180 ft) 95 km
- Çakıragılkyol Lake 114 km